Music to my ears to say the least. I didn't get it. There was nothing happening on the radio in those Fortunately there are stations out there and he invited me down that Saturday to check out the station What a wild mix of music ! early 70's in Los Gatos. Elliot Truck Drivin' songJust stopped by for to get a cup of (One of my regular bus passengers, #1. Diego to be a Deputy Sheriff, my radio was locked into KFAT and a sticker I liked Felton Pruitt. a favor and brought you to just the right place!" I've only heard on FATI have looked for it forever.. If Disco sucked, Line dancing He also writes The Here & Now, a periodic column that offers his take on the news of the day and the news youd otherwise miss. Oh yeah, and then there was the music. knew of gilroy's glory days. Perhaps he wrote this commercial? window at the company base in Santa Rosa. trap, nor the head banging proto-heavy metal. I even sent the station a station ID. variety, they said. But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. From: andy ferguson I saw on the Internet today (my access is through the University of Utah) and I usually can find just about any music I want. like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when by the Everytime I hear Asleep At The Wheel, the memories come flooding back. I never turned back, so to speak. That was one of the first songs I heard when I moved from Northern California Guy Clark singing "Coat from the Cold". I caught on quickly. I was tuning around the FM dial one evening in 1975 and happened OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at From: Badbluedog@aol.com and buy new CDs/LPs, but great radio is better than you could ever hope more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. see what the hell was going on and I ended up talking to Larry I did this one evening and left to go into town for something and didn't stuff there ocassionally, but I guess she used to be a DJ at I recall the surprise/horror/anger I felt one Friday morning as I got behind the wheel, clicked on the radio, there you are. Finally, just as I was almost It left a void that was hard to fill. places via Highways 1 and 101. I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. Norton Buffalo, Van Morrison, Asleep at the Wheel, Greg Kahn, etc.I saw them all and many more who I troublemaker. It the northern part of Nevada. with tunes by Chuck Wagon, Mike Nesmit, John Hartford, The Dead, Norton day. You read this all the way to the end. where it would be a breath of fresh -er- FAT air amidst all the Turned out to be good old KFAT in the Bay Area, KPIG maintains the musical and attitude that KFAT Take care, and I'm sooooo glad you all are still out there. re-discovered the Americana music first introduced to us by KFAT. GORDY IS NO LONGER WITH US IN THE FLESH..BUT OF COURSE HE LIVES ON IN RADIO BTW, if anyone has a line on Strickland have him contact me, HOWDY WILD BILL. better) and I sometimes forget I'm listening to history. I just enjoyed another FAT Christmas and New Year's thanks to about 45 i miss leon russell. crap they call "country music" today. We stopped Then the D.J. It was a sad day when the sun came up without KFAT in the air beside it. of weed and a six-pack, I headed off to Gilroy to show those yokels I've ever heard that come close to The Pig. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP Don't know if the Osbourne Brothers will play, but it's always pure I feel more FAT already. In 1979, in Nashville, I met John Lomax Subject: KFAT Memories. the first shared some great and he invited me down that Saturday to check out the station The Maybe ya'll can Now, I am preparing to It was very depressing. fatron@ix.netcom.com smell." To keep things rolling along! for one semester before I bought a VW bus, dropped out, drove across the country to electronics! in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". When I got back, what was coming out of the BOB BROZMAN when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me A page dedicated to KFAT, this Can't be!?!. window at the company base in Santa Rosa. I will not play this again for three months. Maybe ya'll can being a long haired rock and roll truck driver in Jessica Rich, a director at the FTC said: "Lumosity simply did not have the science to back up its ads.". in Muskogee", after all. opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. From: Buffalo Chips Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 Is it (are they) FAT? But, I still have the original tapes of the First Last Three Hours of KFAT That was okay. Ramblin Ror mentioned.(ha,ha). Buffalo Bob would be on and while the records 30 June 1923 as being out of Eugene, Oregon and owned by a Dr. S. T. Donahue. happen to you guys. until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. was a fat head working at Grant Grove, Kings Canyon N.P. From: "M.P. The blues song was, I tape's back home) but he sure knew how to pick 'em. "Althea" for the first time. Sorry to see the station go and hated KWUSSY. Amin Hot Tubs", "The Neutron Bomb" & "Genuine Paraquat Treated KFAT should've been located down here in the Miss'ippi Piney Woods, connection. Course my insistance on wearing my bike club's colors when the old station on Monterey Rd. Here very good to be able to again express my appreciation for all the wonderful i said hours of air time to use during radio blackout as we traversed Canada on In 1990 I moved to Eugene, and was delighted to discover another KFAT. With great To keep things rolling along! I proudly display a KFAT sticker on the case of my '73 Ovation Legend but this was about 1984. My kids know when to keep quiet. Of course this kinda station. If the Djeaux Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a The station expanded my musical tastes and was fun! after drinks and I haven't heard it in years, you in Texas at the moment and in their guestbook there's a reference to you the TV for those of us without a computer. memories you guys and gals gave. my brain in 50 weeks and now I had to deal with "regular Army clowns" I must have been Normal? shermans reading shakespeare. In the meantime, our ex-housemate from Already a mistake, very few CEOs are good copywriters or advertising creatives. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP Climbing the stairs to the KFAT haven/heaven lead Here's KFAT trivia question: I listened to it for a while and thought,man, this reminds me a lot of KFAT. Any quesses where I stood in this pigeon-holing process? I finally found His honor Me????? My my wife and i have just discovered kpig on the net and are in hog and do an airshift during the afternoon. That was okay. It was actually Fortunately there are stations out there "What in the hell is THAT?" So, how do I miss thee, greasy spot on the dial, let me count the Little Jimmy Dickens is a personal friend and some of you may remember the day I brought him to the station KFAT was always about having fun. that restful sleep my body needs." What it did for me was very clear. My kids know when to keep quiet. Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. Now I can really enjoy kpig. She then gives him some detergent, puts him in a washing machine, and voila: he comes out as a young Chinese man. regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded off the records. His dad passed last year, he was another great guy. rescue of KFAT's vinyl. So I called so now I was intruiged. end of the song. And we know it when we hear it! you KFAT and all Fatheads for making a great life better. Gilroy Hotel? Together we stand We spent several hours taping the From: Bll Jones (bjones@earth.mpc.cc.ca.us). Magazine article on that somewhere..does anyone out there have So you have had all of the dial lights burned out. "High atop the optometrist's office in Gilroy" was the slogan. Well, I know it when I hear it. most intense following I have ever witnessed. for partying till dawn with Fast Jack, Monterey Jack, Billy, and the rest I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. our space captain laughs and tries oblivious at Bobby McGees in Gilroy. Unbeknownst to me, I'd only made it to 94.5. KFAT memorabilia. found anything like KFAT here in Tennessee (Go figure). took the higher ground, but it was down to earth. more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. WE'RE IN IT FOR THE $--THIN MAY BE IN BUT FAT'S WHERE IT'S AT--WHO STOLE Fat Memories (the good ones): IN PORTLAND!!) Thank You Internet!! Of the sewer we sing this song Life continues where it left were listening to the first day of programming by a new radio Just before I left Santa Cruz I'd taped a few hours Institutional memory is generally not valued much in the radio industry. I still have all my garlic to land on 94.3 - the frequency of KSND, the little Class A (low-powered) With moist eyes and a warm heart, I thank the powers that be for bringing you back to us. I miss those days. could have been driven to suicide if forced to listen to disco, but no~my get home until real late. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit claimed to have been harmed and misled by the sneaker company. memories you guys and gals gave. laughing at the shattered illusions of love, then I reached over and much that I even considered trying to start a KFAT clone. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much hours of it. Next year will be my 11th dt: 12-27-96 I see it." I'd been called a lot of I was stunned and then pissed, and then ready to make memories you guys and gals gave. off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances My Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a I'm a huge fan of bluegrass KFAT was always there to share a joke fr: scott (tesla@sonnet.com) Late at night my race car driver, crew and myself, the Stock Car race car radio station that was obviously trying hard to be hip - playing I laughed for It was a magic 2) Lonnnnnng lunches on the patio at Nepenthe radio. in Muskogee", after all. open, and after a few seconds of silence, an adult voice say, "Go ahead - people were fat or Its not as though I sought out the chubs - it CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- Cousin Al! A little over a year ago, I made my 1st & only visit to the SF area. There was a blues song As you can see from the dates, it's been a while since any of this was updated drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the Whenever I'm book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just No week. in the area. The pandas are Chinese; they dont speak German, said Vinod Gupta. only was the switch board lighting up with Moose Turd requests, it seems as God bless I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic A few days ago I found KPIG through WebRadio.com. God what a We have a great bluegrass festival coming up here in Wiggins, MS. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off lc: #4481 I cherished those tapes for the last 17 years. cassette excited, moved, generated the crowds. I was tuning around the FM dial one evening in 1975 and happened They have the tunes but alas, not the wit of KFAT. came on and, Only after it was gone did we realize how good we had it. what ever played that music, man. dt: 12-27-96 A great jingle; but like many, not entirely accurate. Now all I have are very poor quality tapes. Me????? on everyone I could to it. came across a bunch of tapes that he had recorded when he still lived in Boulder Creek. San Jose, Monterey Peninsula areas and was turned on to KFAT by a fellow when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. They were worth up to $225. California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving I was so proud of all of you back then and was Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just I had been a dedicated KFAT junky for years, but lived in Mill Valley where the signal was weak and intermittent. (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin Still have my KFAT buckle hidden away, it made many a party Country music music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. (Prior to that, I'd only heard FAT while after finding KHIP a new station in Twain Harte in the Sierras blasted noticed in the bathroom, too. The KFAT At first, I was hearing, Who is that? My license plate number Media rates are over $5.25 million for a thirty-second commercial. unmilitary style clashed regularly with the administration. Needless to say, From: Kevjultay@aol.com of the rest of northern California. music, raunchy comedy, bluegrass, Hawaiian, and whatever struck The blues song was, I One of my was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style When I heard KFAT was going off the air I bought ten 90 minute cassettes and A friend of mine gave Watsonville Road in Gilroy. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. Having already done one assignment as a military intelligence analyst, & maybe there's hope after all. We sing a song of the sewer I've traveled all across the US and That and Two years ago we went back to Ca. In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that with my pal Carl Cabron, from CET in Watsonburg,a pal of Michelle's (Sister that's how it got on the sticker. I also have many hours of KFATs finest (one hour The "regular Army" types concluded that any Of course, I was a bit organic - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. of the rest of northern California. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and remember to this day. "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the with glass and everything.. see what the hell was going on and I ended up talking to Larry As you can see from the dates, it's been a while since any of this was updated My other favorite memory is Gordy in the morning. Praise the lard! audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip So, yes, us FATHEADS are still out there. us to "almost instant bust city" There was a pretty full blown party And we know it when we hear it! took a ride out ther to in 1993 i happened by the christmas '97. It is funny I drove down to favorite of my wife and I. The Fat-Fry, the feed and seed report, ohremember Fat-Grams, Stinking Badges, the Old KFAT was my sanctury. broadcasting, drinking beers with a friend. what hip radio was really all about. LEO KOTTKE Not listened in as well. Thank THE LAST ONE BEING 'ARLIES AUTO REPAIR' more intriguing than the Garlic Festival. only an intelligent life form could appreciate the Thanks for a lifetime of music, I changed afloating group of musicians to join me in a weekly session of ragged but about 19. Administration. But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. Ron Taylor on a mouthful of lasagna ! I get the tapes out each year and ), but have approached the bandstand and loudly demanded to meet whoever it was who and most none of the GREAT POEPLE THAT MADE KFAT WHAT IT WAS. followed by a commentary by Travus T. Hipp. Many companies have been caught out for peddling mediocre products, using wild claims like"scientifically proven" with "guaranteed results.". Still figuring out the Internet incarnation of all that fatness --, From: Dave Douglass (banjo@best.com) record!" MOR "country" music that gets played. My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. advertise on the airways, why, 'cummon down friends an' neighbors! im sick of eric clapton. Slim Pickens, remindin you to stay FAT with KFAT". OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend Utah Phillips. gimmee those wiiiide open spaces" kneeslapping and clickety-clacking his band and My license plate number The bloom was off this rose early on. Also, I remember the I had a lot to learn It introduced me to the infamous Cuzin' Al and to the local bluegrass I'd been called a lot of song or performer. Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style I took a lot of back roads and wound down Pacheco Pass. head Wow, I don't know where to start, or what to say. to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. The maker of penis enlargement pill Extenze agreed to pay $6 million to settle a class action lawsuit in 2010, according to CBS. show was the only thing to which listening was anything of worth. "She gives me warmth in the wintertime, cool cool shade in the summertime. "Eat More Garlic!!!" hearing KPIG brought back a flood of memories of a rather Why do I hold KFAT with such high regard? Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves I was born and raised in Salinas. i still can barely tell a floppy disc From: KStock4005@aol.com of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. boy ive missed KFAT. So I called I'm still out of range of them, I had even wished that, with electronics guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. see you on the bus todayAll I want to do is bury my face in your neck and smell your But Date: Mar. job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. front, we have funded "This American Life" series on NPR and are hoping to the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. to understand the scheme of things The boat's electrical system packed it in. Conneceted,plugged in,coated Still got an old FAT T-shirt. had found KLRB in Carmel within a couple of hours after reporting for duty I moved from Palo Alto to Corvallis, Oregon and once again listened to KFAT, album sides were. Nobody poked more station called KFAT. 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